Thread (19 messages) 19 messages, 7 authors, 2007-12-05

Re: [PATCH 1/3] [NET] phy/fixed.c: rework to not duplicate PHY layer functionality

From: Vitaly Bordug <hidden>
Date: 2007-12-05 01:23:28
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On Tue, 04 Dec 2007 15:07:49 -0500
Jeff Garzik wrote:
Vitaly Bordug wrote:
quoted
With that patch fixed.c now fully emulates MDIO bus, thus no need
to duplicate PHY layer functionality. That, in turn, drastically
simplifies the code, and drops down line count.

As an additional bonus, now there is no need to register MDIO bus
for each PHY, all emulated PHYs placed on the platform fixed MDIO
bus. There is also no more need to pre-allocate PHYs via .config
option, this is all now handled dynamically.

p.s. Don't even try to understand patch content! Better: apply patch
and look into resulting drivers/net/phy/fixed.c.

Signed-off-by: Anton Vorontsov <redacted>
Signed-off-by: Vitaly Bordug <redacted>
ACK, I presume this will go via the ppc tree?
Yes, I'll add your ack in next respin and will ask Paul to consider it,
if you don't mind.

-- 
Sincerely, Vitaly
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